China

4 investors eye sugar estates
- Zambia Daily Mail
- 20 May 2014
The companies from Zimbabwe, Brazil, China and South Africa are expected to invest about US$1.250 billion on the 30,000 hectares reserved for the projects .
Investors pin hopes on peaches with China’s latest trust product
- WSJ
- 19 May 2014
State-owned trust firm Beijing International Trust Co. recently figured out a way to launch a product tied to 160 acres of peach orchards in a little village located in Wuxi, about an hour and a half by train west of Shanghai.
China's agricultural investment in Africa not "land grabbing"
- Xinhua
- 19 May 2014
China's investment in African agriculture has nothing to do with "land grabbing," says expert.
How Japan's Marubeni stumbled in China after rapid expansion
- Chicago Tribune
- 11 May 2014
Japan's Marubeni Corp has been shaken by defaults on soybean sales and faces an investigation into alleged tax evasion in the world's top food consumer.
Rules for foreign investment in farmland 'won't change' despite free trade talks with China
- ABC
- 12 April 2014
Trade Minister Andrew Robb has assured his Coalition colleagues there will be no changes to foreign investment rules on farmland as part of a trade deal with China.
Argentina: Los chinos ya se quedan con el 10% de los embarques de granos
- Clarín
- 09 April 2014
La firma Cofco compró Nidera y Noble y ahora ocupa el segundo lugar entre exportadoras.Superaron a Bunge y Dreyfus y están solos detrás de Cargill.
La reforma al campo, cuentos chinos
- La Jornada
- 08 April 2014
Un rumor recorre el mundo rural mexicano: en ejidos y comunidades se anticipa el inminente desembarco de inversionistas chinos en actividades agropecuarias
Big Chinese soy project in Brazil: so far, just an empty field
- Reuters
- 04 April 2014
No signs identify a barren field in northeastern Brazil that was meant to be the center of one of China's most ambitious agricultural forays into South America.
La Chine s'installe dans le négoce des produits agricoles
- Les Échos
- 03 April 2014
Le géant agroalimentaire Cofco prend le contrôle de la filiale agricole de Noble Group, un des grands traders de matières premières d'Asie.
COFCO pagará 1,500 mdd por participación en Noble
- El Economista
- 02 April 2014
La estatal china COFCO acordó pagar 1,500 millones de dólares por una participación mayoritaria en el agronegocio de Noble Group Ltd
China looks abroad for greener pastures
- LA Times
- 29 Mar 2014
With 1.3 billion people to feed in a nation grappling with tainted food and polluted land, Chinese companies are investing in farmland overseas.
Chinese, Mideast funds to invest in Russian agricultural venture
- Wall Street Journal
- 28 Mar 2014
The Russian Direct Investment Fund said it was leading a consortium buying a $200M stake in Sodrugestvo, a Luxembourg-based crop producer operating in Russia, several ex-Soviet states, Brazil and Northern Europe.